From a45704e5ea4fe046e33a5ab85085d86f470dbcaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Amelkin Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 16:02:21 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] man: Add documentation for chassis bootmbox Signed-off-by: Alexander Amelkin --- doc/ipmitool.1 | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/ipmitool.1 b/doc/ipmitool.1 index 8689f71..acf1870 100644 --- a/doc/ipmitool.1 +++ b/doc/ipmitool.1 @@ -473,6 +473,34 @@ Force boot into BIOS Setup. Force boot from Floppy/primary removable media. .RE + +.TP +\fIbootmbox\fP \fIget\fP [text] [block <\fBblock#\fP>] + +Read the Boot Initiator Mailbox in hex dump or in text mode. + +By default the whole mailbox is read. If block number is specified, +that particular block is read. For block 0 or when the whole +mailbox is read, the Boot Initiator IANA Enterprise Number and +the corresponding enterprise name are printed. + +.TP +\fIbootmbox\fP \fIset\fP text [block <\fBblock#\fP>] <\fBIANA_PEN\fP> "<\fBdata_string\fP>" + +Write the specified or the entire Boot Initiator Mailbox in text mode. +It is required to specify a decimal IANA Enterprise Number recognized +by the boot initiator on the target system. Refer to your target system +manufacturer for details. The rest of the arguments are a text string. + +When single block write is requested, the total length of may not +exceed 13 bytes for block 0, or 16 bytes otherwise. + +.TP +\fIbootmbox\fP \fIset\fP [block <\fBblock#\fP>] <\fBIANA_PEN\fP> <\fBdata_byte\fP> [<\fBdata_byte\fP> ...] + +Same as above, but the arguments after IANA PEN are separate +data byte values separated by spaces. + .TP \fIbootparam\fP \fIget\fP <\fBopt_id\fR> [<\fBopt_param\fR>]